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WILLIAM E. BOYLES, OF GRAFTON, IVEST VIRGINIA.

RAIL-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 19, 1907.

Application 'tiled July 11, 1.906.- Serial No. 325,702.

To all whom, it rit/Ly concern.'

Be it known that I, WiLLIAM E. BoYLEs, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Grafton, county of Taylor, and State of West Virginia, have invented cert ain` new and useful Improvements in Rail-Ties,

' of which the following is a specification.

I both said tie and said clamps being of sim- 'is a top plan View of the cross-tie.

ple construction and` adapted for ,securely mounting and holding the track-rails.

Afurther object of the invention is to provide a railway-tie having means whereby the ack-rails may be quickly mounted thereon and 'emoved therefrom and, further, having means whereby clamp-holding -bolts may be conveniently removed and renewed as occasion requires without disturbu ing the tie or the track-rails.

Other objects of the invention will be made apparent as further progress is made in this s eciiication.

In escribing the invention in detail reference is herein had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in

which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of railway-track, showing my invention and illustrating the application thereof.14 Fig. 2

`ig. 3 is a. simi r view of a portion of track, illustrating my invention. Fig. 4 is a. side elevation of a portion of track, snowing the clamp for securing the rails at a joint and 4showing the ties in end eleva-tion. Fig. 5 is a. cross-section on the line 5 5, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a crosssection of a rail on the line 6 6, Fig. 3, showin the rail-clamps in side elevation, the tie being partially broken away; and Fig. 7 is a cross-section on the line 7 7, Fig. 3.

Referring to said drawings, in which like reference-letters designate like parts throughout the several views, A indicates the crosstie roper, which is. preferably formed by boltingtogether two similarly-shaped longitudinal metal sections a., the edges of the horizontalbases a of which join closelv together, as shown, while the edges of the hori- 'base of the clamp G is a zontal upper faces a thereof stand apart, forming a longitudinal channel or slot B throughout the length of the tie. Secured to each of the sides u* ot' saidc ross-tie, on the inner face thereof, is a longitudinal nietal st ri C, the vertical side cof which lies close against theI side. a4, while ahcrizontal `side c2 thereof stands below and substantially parl allcl to the horizontal up er face a" of the tie, thus leaving a clianne D therebetween. Said strips meet, as shown at E, and preferably have their edges c3 turned downward, forming bearing-faces which firmly brace the sections a of the tie. The slot. P is of suilic-icnt width to admit the clnnipsecuring boltsl to be. slipped therethrough with treir heads in the channel I). drop from their proper positions when the nuts are removed therefrom, but have their heads resting upon the sides cL of the strips C.

In securing the rails F upon the cross-ties clamps G and H are employed, the former for fitting on the outer side of ,the rail and th latter on the inner side thereof. Clamp-se-v curing bolts gare inserted in the slot B witl their heads g" in the channel D and their bodies standing upright, and are slipped for- 'ward and into recesses I in the top of the tie. Then thc clamp G is set in place upon said bolts g and nuts g3 are screwed thereon. The head of a boit i is inserted in the channel D through an opening b2, formed by recessing the edges of the horizontal upper faces a of the tie A, as shown. Said bolt. is forced along the slot B to a position close to the rail F, and the clamp H is set in place thereon, and a mit if? is screwed firmly thereon to hold it in place. Said clamps G and H each have rail-l base and rail-web engaging portions, asv

shown, and a rearward extension for lying ilat upon the cross-tie and through which the bolts pro1ect when secured 1n place. On the rib g* forf engaging the slot B, and consequently for prevent-ing lateral movement inv similar rib h is provided on said clamp. A the base of the clamp H.

The recesses b are slightly oblonr, as shown in Fig. 2, to admit of the clamp Il: being slightly adjusted as to position.

To connect the ends of rails when my cross-tie is employed, I provide plates or clamps I and l', the former for the outer and the latter for Said clamps each consist of a fish- )late 'i for embracing the web and the top of t' ie base of the inner sides of the' rails..

The bolts cannot longitudinal integral IIO the rail andv having integral extensions i2, through which the. securing-bolts are projected. Between the ends of each of said fish-plates is an integral rail-lmse-engnging lug i, said lugs being adapted to lie between tbe tics and to serve as a chair fer the meeting ends of the rails. The extensions il on the clamp I'ditfer from those on the clamp I' in that theformer are each made. broader and are adapted to be held by two bolts i4, while the latter are each held by one, if', said bolts being inserted in recesses and slots in the 'saine manner as those employed with the clamps G and H, hereinbefore described.

End pieces K may be employed for closing the ends vof the cross-tie, the rsame being shaped to coliform to the shape of the openings therein and provided with outwardlyextending lugs or tianges k, which are bolted or riveted tothe sides a* of the tie,-as shown at k2.

As is obvious, various slight alterations and modifications may be made in the construction and general arrangement of my inventionand inthe parts thereof without departing from the general spirit or scope thereof. Ilence I do not wish to limit myself to'the precise construction and arrangement of parts herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cross-tie, two similarly-shaped longitudinal metal sections bolted together, a metal strip riveted on the inner side of each of said sections, said strips having horizontal portions which stand substantially parallel to the upper faces of said sections, a channel between said faces and said horizontal portions, a slot between the edges of said sections, and recesses in said faces which open into's'aid slot.

2. A rail-tie comprising a casing having in the tep `thereof a longitudinal slot throughout its length, recesses in said top having communication with said slot, longitudinal Astrips secured on the inner sides of said cassaid sections having inwardly-extending meeting base portions and inwardlyextending top port-ions, said top portions approaching but not meeting, recesses in the edges of said top portions, and angular strips secured within said half-sections, the horizontal portions of said strips standing below said top ortions and having bearing-faces, and means -ijor securing track-rails upon said tie.

4. A railway-tie comprising two half-sections of angular form in cross-section bolted together to form a casing, said sect-ions having inwardly-extending base portions which meet and imvardly-cxtending top portions which approach each other but do not meet, recesses in the edges of said top portions, a longitudinal strip, angular in cross-section, secured on the inner side of each of said sections, said strips having horizontal portions with downturned edges formin meeting bearing-faces, said horizontal portions stamting below the top portions o said sections, and end plates secured within the ends 4of said casing.

5. In a rail-tie and a clamp for securing railway-rails thereon, a cfsing having a longitudinal slot in its upper face throughout the length thereof, recesses inthe said upper face which communicate with said slot, bolts standing upright in said recesses, and clalnps mounted on said bolts, each of said clamps comprising rail-web and rail-base embracing portions, an extension for lying upon the tie, and a rib on the base of said extension for engaging the slot in the casing.

6. The combination with the approaching ends of railway-rails, of rail-ties and means for securing said rails thereon, said ties each comprising a casing having a longitudinal slot in the top thereof and recesses in said top communicating with said slot, and said securing means comprising rail-holding clamps or fish-plates adapted to closely embrace the webs and tops of the bases of the rails, integral extensions carried by said fish-plates at. each end thereof for resting'upon the tops of the ties, bolts standing upright in the recesses inl said ties and projecting through holes in said extensions, and lugs carried by said tishlates which are bent under the 'it nesses t J. E. WHEN, M. L. Goran. 

